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May 9, 2011 local almanac

May 09, 2011 1:24 am
The National Weather Service predicts several days of sun and seasonal temperatures. Monday mostly sunny, with a high near 68. Monday night partly cloudy, with a low around 40. Tuesday, again, mostly sunny, with a high near 68. Tuesday night mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. Wednesday, mostly sunny, with a high near 71.

Town meetings tonight
ASHLAND Town Board meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Town Hall, Main St., Ashland (734-3636).
CATSKILL Village meeting at 7 p.m. at the Firehouse, 1 Central Ave. (behind Walgreens) (943-3830).
COPAKE Environmental Committee meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 230 Mt. View Road, Copake (329-1234).
GREENE COUNTY The Greene County Legislature holds Buildings & Grounds, Conservation, Public Safety, Highway, Government Operations, and Finance committee meetings at 6 p.m. at the Greene County Building, 411 Main St., Catskill (719-3270).
HUDSON The City of Hudson holds the second of two public hearings relative to Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) infrastructure funding application opportunities. The proposed project would create, "ADA/Handicap Accessibility and ease of pedestrian traffic from the sidewalk on Front Street in the City of Hudson, up and into a pocket park and then the Historic Promenade Hill Park, in a manner consistent, and in keeping with, the history of the park." That meeting is at 6 p.m. at City Hall; That's followed by Hudson Common Council Informal Meeting at 7 p.m. at City Hall in Hudson.
HUDSON SCHOOL BOARD Hudson City School District Board of Education Budget hearing at 7 p.m. at the Junior/Senior High School, 215 Harry Howard Ave., Hudson.
HUNTER Village meeting 8 p.m.
NEW BALTIMORE Town meeting at 7:30 p.m. at 3809 Rt. 51, Hannacroix (756-6671)
PRATTSVILLE Town meeting at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 14517 Main St., Prattsville (299-3125).
STUYVESANT Public Meeting on Open Government with Bob Freeman, of NYS Committee on Open Government, who will speak about FOIL laws and Open Meetings Law. The session is open to the public. 7–9 p.m. at Stuyvesant Town Hall, 5 Sunset Dr., Stuyvesant.
WGXC VOLUNTEER MEETING All are welcome. 6:30 p.m. at WGXC Hudson studio, 704 Columbia St., second floor.

Astronomical bodies
TIDES Hudson: High, 7:30 a.m./Low, 2:48 p.m.
SUNRISE/SUNSET 5:46 a.m./7:59 p.m.
MOONRISE/MOONSET 11:09 a.m./12:48 a.m.

Birthdays
MAY 9 Hank Snow, Mike Wallace, James L. Brooks, Billy Joel, Ghostface Killah, and Andrew_W.K..

Tune in today
WGXC MORNING SHOW Mark Lacoy and Casson Kennedy present the morning news, and other features, agriculture reporting, and more. 6-8 a.m.
DEMOCRACY NOW! Hosted by Amy Goodman. 8 a.m.
WGXC MORNING SHOW Philip Grant reads the news, play music, and introduce local recordings, and more. 9-11 a.m.
AL JAZEERA ENGLISH International news. 11 a.m.
LINCOLN MAYORYGA Lincoln Mayorga plays classical music. Noon-2 p.m.
KIERAN'S FARM SHOWKieran Reilly talks agriculture. 2 p.m.
WELLNESS WATCH Linda Karlson talks to local nurses. 3 p.m.
WGXC YOUTH SHOW Youth-produced radio. 3:30 p.m.
WGXC AFTERNOON SHOW Kaya Weidman and Gregg Osofsky host. 4-7 p.m.
BLUEGRASS SHOW Cowboy Jim hosts. 7 p.m.
LUNARMOSS DJ Lunar Moss mostly keeps to the turntables. 9:30 p.m.
TRANSMISSION ART Radio theater, experimental sound, field recordings, radio art, mash-ups, shortwave radio news, and more. Overnight through 6 a.m.